Production responses of multiparous dairy cattle with differing prepartum muscle reserves and supplementation of branched-chain volatile fatty acids

ABSTRACT: Periparturient dairy cattle undergo physiological adaptations to support fetal growth and colostrum synthesis in late gestation and milk production in early lactation. To support energy and protein demands, dairy cattle mobilize body tissue reserves. The objective of this study was to dete...

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Main Authors: K.M. Gouveia, L.M. Beckett, T.M. Casey, J.P. Boerman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
Series:Journal of Dairy Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030224010476
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